Nature of Entrustment - Intimacy, Exchange, and the Sacred in Africa

Zusammenfassung Drawing on research among Luo people in western Kenya and abroad, this book examines how Luo assess obligations to intimates and strangers, including the dead and the not-yet-born. It focuses on nonmonetary forms of exchange and entrustment, moving beyond anthropology's traditional understanding of gifts, loans, and reciprocity.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Parker Shipton, Parker MacDonald Shipton, Shipton Parker
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.07.2007
• EAN: 9780300116014
• ISBN: 978-0-300-11601-4
• Pagine: 312
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies (Hardcov; Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies (Hardcov; Yale Agrarian Studies (YUP)
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro